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Alternative Title
Arundel
Description
A small cream-colored molded plastic or resin horse figurine, depicted as standing with its front left leg raised. The figure stands on a thin black rectangular base that has short half-spheres that serve as feet. Similar in style to Horse 41.
5. Arundel. The horse of Bevis of Southampton, about whom was written an anonymous medieval romance, and whose exploits are recorded likewise in Drayton’s Polyolbion. It is believed that the first form of this romance dates from the tenth century and was based upon the original story of Hamlet in Danish legends.
Exhibit label:
ARUNDEL, THE HORSE OF BEVIS OF SOUTHAMPTON.
A gift from Rhadamanthus, Judge of All Mankind.
Dimensions (Length x Width x Height in cm)
5.5 x 1 x 3
Personal Name Subject
Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958; Beuve de Hanstone; Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631; Hamlet (Legendary character)
Topical Subject
Horses; Figurines; Mythology, Greek; Romances
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
figures (representations)
Type
Physical Object
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection
James Branch Cabell Horse Figurine Collection
Source
Horse 5, Arundel, James Branch Cabell Horse Figurine collection, M 377, Box 3, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
m377_i005.jpg